Video: Metro: Last Light Shooter Is Single-Player and Proud

“This kind of single-player first-person shooter is rare,” 4A Games’ Huw Beynon said at an event prior to E3. “There are probably only a few in development right now.”

That might even be understating the case. What shooters out there don’t have deathmatch or co-op, these days? Well, we know Metro: Last Light definitely isn’t one of them. The multiplatform sequel to Metro 2033 is just for you and no one else. You’re still prowling around post-apocalyptic Moscow, fighting desperately for resources as you defeat mutants and try to stay alive in the hope of a less horrible future around the corner.

While THQ will only show the playable Metro: Last Light demo behind closed doors in an E3 meeting room, it’s likely that the demo’s gripping action (including a crazy flashback scene in which you walk into a crashed plane and relive the whole accident) will generate a lot of buzz until its release date in 2013.

Wired spoke to Beynon in advance of E3 to learn more about what to expect.